{"id":161,"date":"1977-09-29T18:07:53","date_gmt":"1977-09-30T01:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=161"},"modified":"2014-09-28T07:52:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T14:52:38","slug":"on-scsfety-with-ccmines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"On Safety With Canines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/scans\/Herald_-_Xeroxes\/Xerox_031.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 12px;\" src=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/default_thm.jpg\" alt=\"Click to see original image\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>A 5-year-old Huntsville boy was mauled to death by a dog the other night &#8211; and the tragedy should be cause for dog owners to seriously contemplate on the safety and reliability of their own canines insofar as a possible attack on a human being is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Some specific questions seem appropriate:<\/p>\n<p>Is your dog prone to be excitable around strangers? Has it ever had a record of biting? Do you realize, as an owner, your responsibility and liability should an attack occur? Do you abide by the law in\u00a0keeping your dog on\u00a0your property or on a leash?<\/p>\n<p>A Provo woman still hasn&#8217;t gotten over the trauma and pain of an attack by a large dog a few months ago when she suffered a serious bite that required sustained medical care.<\/p>\n<p>A senior citizen, just recently retired after operating a business for decades, says he fears strolling in his neighborhood because of potentially-ferocious dogs.<\/p>\n<p>More than one small child has been treated at the emergency ward for dog bites on the face and arms.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently in dog bites a violation of the law is involved, with the offending animal not properly controlled. In one case recently, a large dog, given a ride in a pickup, leaped out and attacked a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>Most owners love their canine pets &#8211; and in some cases have never contemplated that the animals could ever be anything but &#8221;man&#8217;s best friend.&#8221; This may be true in the preponderance of cases. But occasionally an owner has a rude awakening when an unexpected dog bite has caused physical suffering, not to mention inconvenience that involves medical bills, time off work, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Cities and counties naturally should do all they can to rid the area of dangerous dogs. But the owners have an important responsibility too.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s a situation that needs to be taken care of , let&#8217;s not wait until tragedy comes, as it did in the case of the Huntsville case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 5-year-old Huntsville boy was mauled to death by a dog the other night &#8211; and the tragedy should be cause for dog owners to seriously contemplate on the safety and reliability of their own canines insofar as a possible attack on a human being is concerned. Some specific questions seem appropriate: Is your dog&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=161\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Safety With Canines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}